This day was anticipated by many people. OK, now we know all the major details about the latest iPhone. The Apple iPhone 5 has finally been confirmed we give you a first look at the Cupertino brand's new slimline smartphone.

Now you want to know when and where you can get your iPaws all over the handset.

The new iPhone 5 is Apple's slimmest smartphone yet and also packs 4G LTE connectivity, a 4-inch cinematic screen and a new iSight camera

As well as being Apple's skinniest phone yet, the new iPhone 5 also sports 4G LTE connectivity, and a slightly longer screen with a 1136 x 640-pixel resolution. The new A6 chip is twice as fast as previous versions.

The new phone also features a new, smaller connector, improved battery life and a new iSight camera.

When you hold it, the 112g iPhone 5 feels lighter and thinner. The 7.6mm depth is impressive, considering that this smartphone is much more powerful than the iPhone 4S.

We'd take a lighter phone adorning our pocket any day, though. A nano-SIM on the side replaces the old-style mini-SIM, which forms part of the reduction in size, while the new Lightening connector replaces the 30-pin model, again, helping to shave off precious millimetres. A final note on size - it's 9mm taller than the iPhone 4S but the same width.

The headphone socket is now on the bottom – we'll have to see how this works in the wild.

The two-tone back on both black and white models is crafted from the same anodised 6000 series aluminium material used in Apple MacBooks.